Promotion of the common good will be the easiest because it aligns with Care for Kids. The hardest might be critical mindedness because it hard for adults to be critical minded at times. On another note, this week should be great.
I believe that the easiest dispositon to teach will be individual responsibility because students already have some prior knowledge about what it means to take care of yourself. I think the hardes will be social justice because students have trouble understanding that being fair is not always being equal and what that means.
I think Individual Responsibility will be easiest because students at the age are still a little egocentric. I think Compassion will be hardest because students find it difficult to put themselves into other peoples situations.
I think the easiest civic disposition to teach will be compassion because children are taught many instances of compassion at an early age. They should understand what it means to care and show kindness toward another person. The hardest civic disposition to teach will be critical-mindedness because I feel children have trouble remaining neutral when it comes to listening to others. They may have very strong emotions about a topic and not listen or ask probing questions about another studen'ts ideas. This can takes years to develop.
I liked the activites we did and think they will help me as I teach each disposition. Commitment to Social Justice will probably be the hardest! Compassion I think will be the easiest.
I feel that compassion will be the easiest to teach because many children have compassion. I believe that once the students are empowered with the knowledge of "what" compassion is then they will begin to show it even more because it empowers them.
I think that students will be able to pick up on the Compassion Disposition easy based on Care for Kids. Students spend a lot of time working together to create a caring classroom community. I think students will have a difficult time with the Open-Minded Disposition. Students sometimes have trouble seeing the other person's point of view.
I think that individual responsibility, believing that one can make a difference in the community can be the hardest. If young students try to make a difference, and it does not work out, they often, even with tremendous support, do not see how their work was not a waste. Students have to feel empowered to try to grow up into adults that will continue to try to make a difference (instead of even simple non-empowerment choices of not voting).
Easiest: Compassion. I believe students are naturally concerned with others. Although they may not always practice this disposition, it is fairly easy to "show" them what it looks like.
Most difficult: Critical-mindedness. Sometimes it is difficult to get children to think beyond themselves. We have to be in the habit of asking higher-order questions so that they develop critical thinking skills, and in turn, become more critically-minded as citizens.
I believe the easiest disposition to teach will be Promotion of the Common Good because most children naturally want to do what is best for their group, community, etc. I believe the hardest might be Critical-Mindedenss because it can be difficult for children to think outside of their own wants and needs.
I think commitment to social justice may be one of the easier concepts to teach because students already have a basic idea of fairness and value it. I thnk open-mindedness may be difficult because many students have little prior knowledge to the way other people live. Their world is still very small.
The lessons seem to be in order of level of difficulty. Individual Responsibility-easiest since it involves just doing concrete things(pick up litter)... Negotiation seems most difficult (of the 4 we went over)because it envolves giving it to another persons opinion (self-sacrifice).
I am much more at ease with the seven civic dispositons than I was with the Social Studies curriculum. It is so in-depth on some localized issues that do not seem to be the most important issues (or comprehensive) of the world at large. If this much time is spent talking about these more isolated issues, much about the 'big' picture will be missed.
I think the easiest disposition to teach will be individual responsibility. We talk a lot about making a difference and thinking about consequences. The most difficult would be critical-mindedness because they need to consider others and not just what they believe.
Easiest: I think Compassion will be the easiest to teach. Along with CARE for Kids, students develop their natural desires to help others and develop empathy towards others.
Hardest: Individual Responsibility. We can teach it, but we also need to model it. Respecting students by speaking to them in a respectful way and taking the responsibility of what we signed on for as teachers...ie putting students first. And, setting the tone for the year where students can take responsibility for their own learning is often difficult for some to do.
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ReplyDeletePromotion of the common good will be the easiest because it aligns with Care for Kids. The hardest might be critical mindedness because it hard for adults to be critical minded at times. On another note, this week should be great.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the easiest dispositon to teach will be individual responsibility because students already have some prior knowledge about what it means to take care of yourself. I think the hardes will be social justice because students have trouble understanding that being fair is not always being equal and what that means.
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ReplyDeleteEasy depends on the the individual person comfort level, just dive in and it will get easier.
ReplyDeleteI think Individual Responsibility will be easiest because students at the age are still a little egocentric. I think Compassion will be hardest because students find it difficult to put themselves into other peoples situations.
ReplyDeleteI think the easiest civic disposition to teach will be compassion because children are taught many instances of compassion at an early age. They should understand what it means to care and show kindness toward another person. The hardest civic disposition to teach will be critical-mindedness because I feel children have trouble remaining neutral when it comes to listening to others. They may have very strong emotions about a topic and not listen or ask probing questions about another studen'ts ideas. This can takes years to develop.
ReplyDeleteI liked the activites we did and think they will help me as I teach each disposition. Commitment to Social Justice will probably be the hardest! Compassion I think will be the easiest.
ReplyDeleteI feel that compassion will be the easiest to teach because many children have compassion. I believe that once the students are empowered with the knowledge of "what" compassion is then they will begin to show it even more because it empowers them.
ReplyDeleteI think that students will be able to pick up on the Compassion Disposition easy based on Care for Kids. Students spend a lot of time working together to create a caring classroom community. I think students will have a difficult time with the Open-Minded Disposition. Students sometimes have trouble seeing the other person's point of view.
ReplyDeleteI think that individual responsibility, believing that one can make a difference in the community can be the hardest. If young students try to make a difference, and it does not work out, they often, even with tremendous support, do not see how their work was not a waste. Students have to feel empowered to try to grow up into adults that will continue to try to make a difference (instead of even simple non-empowerment choices of not voting).
ReplyDeleteEasiest: Compassion. I believe students are naturally concerned with others. Although they may not always practice this disposition, it is fairly easy to "show" them what it looks like.
ReplyDeleteMost difficult: Critical-mindedness. Sometimes it is difficult to get children to think beyond themselves. We have to be in the habit of asking higher-order questions so that they develop critical thinking skills, and in turn, become more critically-minded as citizens.
I believe the easiest disposition to teach will be Promotion of the Common Good because most children naturally want to do what is best for their group, community, etc. I believe the hardest might be Critical-Mindedenss because it can be difficult for children to think outside of their own wants and needs.
ReplyDeleteI think commitment to social justice may be one of the easier concepts to teach because students already have a basic idea of fairness and value it. I thnk open-mindedness may be difficult because many students have little prior knowledge to the way other people live. Their world is still very small.
ReplyDeleteI think that it will be easiest to teach Compassion because it's usually easy for children to be concerned for the well-being of others.
ReplyDeleteOpen-mindedness may be the hardest since many young children see mainly their own point of view.
The lessons seem to be in order of level of difficulty. Individual Responsibility-easiest since it involves just doing concrete things(pick up litter)... Negotiation seems most difficult (of the 4 we went over)because it envolves giving it to another persons opinion (self-sacrifice).
ReplyDeleteI am much more at ease with the seven civic dispositons than I was with the Social Studies curriculum. It is so in-depth on some localized issues that do not seem to be the most important issues (or comprehensive) of the world at large. If this much time is spent talking about these more isolated issues, much about the 'big' picture will be missed.
I think the easiest disposition to teach will be individual responsibility. We talk a lot about making a difference and thinking about consequences. The most difficult would be critical-mindedness because they need to consider others and not just what they believe.
ReplyDeleteEasiest: I think Compassion will be the easiest to teach. Along with CARE for Kids, students develop their natural desires to help others and develop empathy towards others.
ReplyDeleteHardest: Individual Responsibility. We can teach it, but we also need to model it. Respecting students by speaking to them in a respectful way and taking the responsibility of what we signed on for as teachers...ie putting students first. And, setting the tone for the year where students can take responsibility for their own learning is often difficult for some to do.